Cosmotechnical Difference in Architecture and Urbanism by Dulmini Perera, Samuel Koh

“…In doing so, we present a core theme of the issue: technologies, cosmologies and architectures do not only influence one another, but are indeed inseparable, mutually Introduction Cosmotechnical Difference in Architecture and Urbanism Dulmini Perera and Samuel Koh, editors Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany constitutive, and conjoined in continual coevolution. …”
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An Estimation of the Thermal Properties of Pu-Rich Metallic Fuel by Naoya Odaira, Yuji Arita

“…The thermal conductivity of Pu-40Zr (14.3 Wm−1·K−1 at 600 K) was much lower than that of U-10Zr (23.5 Wm−1·K−1 at 600 K), another candidate metallic fuel. This addresses the metallic fuel has much lower durability in accidental situations than U-Zr metallic fuel. …”
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Quantile-Based Estimative VaR Forecast and Dependence Measure: A Simulation Approach by Khreshna Syuhada, Risti Nur’aini, Mahfudhotin

“…A Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecast may be calculated for the case of a random loss alone and/or of a random loss that depends on another random loss. In both cases, the VaR forecast is obtained by employing its (conditional) probability distribution of loss data, specifically the quantile of loss distribution. …”
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Evaluation of Rainfall and Temperature Conditions for a Perennial Crop in Tropical Wetland: A Case Study of Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire by Fidèle Yoroba, Benjamin K. Kouassi, Adama Diawara, Louis A. M. Yapo, Kouakou Kouadio, Dro T. Tiemoko, Yves K. Kouadio, Ibrahim D. Koné, Paul Assamoi

“…This influence varies from one cacao production area to another. Moreover, the effects related to temperature on the cocoa yield seem to represent a smaller contribution of climate impact than those related to precipitation during the studied period. …”
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Is Securitisation a Natural and Useful Response to Existential Threats? Introducing the Idea of Peacification by Timo Kivimäki

“…After all, security is a property of an agent, while security issues traditionally arise from threats posed by another agent. By disaggregating the elements of these two framings, this article offers plausible explanations as to why, in general, peacification may be a better framing for the prevention of organised violence than securitization.…”
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Effect of Adding Different Active Substances on Inhibition Zone Diameter and Microstructural Properties of Composite Bioplastics by Nelsy Dian Permatasari, Jatmiko Eko Witoyo, Donor Utomo M. Susilo, Ayu Rahayu Saraswati, Masruri, Sudarminto Setyo Yuwono, Simon Bambang Widjanarko

“…Additionally, the microstructure of the composite bioplastics with the ethanolic extracts of Syzygium myrtifolium was rougher, irregular, and more porous than those of another. It indicated that the ethanolic extract of Syzygium myrtifolium leaf could be used as a natural antibacterial agent to replace the chemical agent. …”
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Morphological Aspects of Antennal Sensilla of the Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from the Negro River, Amazon Region of Brazil by Simone Patrícia Carneiro Freitas, Laura Cristina Santos, Amanda Coutinho de Souza, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira

“…Trichobothria sensilla show a difference with a lamellar base, suggesting that this conformation of the base of the sensilla is a synapomorphic feature of the genus. Another important observation is that, considering that R. brethesi is a specialist, infesting only one type of palm tree, trichoidea sensilla may be involved with plant-derived odorants. …”
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Non-Gaussian Linear Mixing Models for Hyperspectral Images by Peter Bajorski

“…Modeling of hyperspectral data with non-Gaussian distributions is gaining popularity in recent years. …”
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(Neither) Expatriates (n)or Immigrants? The American Colony in Paris, 1880-1940 by Nancy L. Green

“…The Left Bank American expatriates in Paris of the 1920s have captured the American and French imagination for decades. But there was another group of Americans in Paris less well known yet ten times more numerous and arguably more important for the “American Century.” …”
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An ‘extraordinary change’ in the Climate: The Transformative Power of Impressionism in George Moore’s Art Criticism by Fabienne Gaspari

“…Oscar Wilde’s essay ‘The Decay of Lying’ introduces the idea of the transformative power of Impressionist painting, ‘this extraordinary change that has taken place in the climate of London’. Another Anglo-Irish writer, George Moore, underlined in his art criticism written in the 1880s and 1890s the radical transformations brought about by this pictorial movement. …”
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On the Instability Threshold of Journal Bearing Supported Rotors by Ricardo Ugliara Mendes, Katia Lucchesi Cavalca

“…In this context, numerical simulations were made in order to improve the identification of the instability threshold for two test rig configurations: one on which the instability occurs on the oil-whip frequency, and another which became unstable before this threshold. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkka

“…How living near an organisation influenced fertility is measured using mixed effect Cox regressions. The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Image Recognition and Content Comprehension in Media Accessibility: A Study on the Reception of Audiences with Limited Hearing by Farzaneh Shokoohmand, Masood Khoshsaligheh

“…Concerning sound comprehension, the three techniques were not significantly different from one another in terms of viewers’ content comprehension. …”
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A Novel Analytical Framework Is Developed for Wireless Heterogeneous Networks for Video Streaming Applications by S. Kumarganesh, S. Anthoniraj, T. Senthil Kumar, P. Elayaraja, A. Christina Josephine Malathi, M. Somaskandan, Gashaw Bekele

“…The network congestion on end-to-end path utilised in CMT is not dependent of one another, and we operate under prior assumption that receiver’s announced window does not limit the sender. …”
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Nouveaux médias et orthographe. Incompétence ou pluricompétence ? by Lénaïs Maskens, Louise-Amélie Cougnon, Sophie Roekhaut, Cédrick Fairon

“…The present study investigates the hypothesis of a pluri-competence enabling new information and communication technology users to switch between traditional writing and computer-mediated communication as they change from one register to another. We collected young people’s (aged 14-15) written production across different media (electronic/paper) and communication situations (dictation, class activity, Facebook) in order to study the influence of these variables on the students’ spelling. …”
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Analytical Redundancy of Variable Cycle Engine Based on Proper Net considering Multiple Input Variables and the Whole Engine’s Degradation by Zihao Zhang, Xianghua Huang, Tianhong Zhang

“…In this paper, Proper net is proposed to construct variable cycle engine’s analytical redundancy, when all control variables and environmental variables change simultaneously, also accompanied with the whole engine’s degradation. In another word, Proper net is proposed to solve a multivariable, strongly nonlinear, dynamic, and time-varying problem. …”
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De la conciencia del linaje a la defensa estamental. Acerca de algunas narrativas nobiliarias vascas by Arsenio Dacosta

“…Such narratives are by their own nature identitarian and have an excluding value which is limited to the lineage itself, which is another instance of intra-manorial competition in the late Middle Ages. …”
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Human Mast Cells (HMC-1 5C6) Enhance Interleukin-6 Production by Quiescent and Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells by Damandeep S. Walia, Mukut Sharma, Vineesh V. Raveendran, Jianping Zhou, Ram Sharma, Daniel J. Stechschulte, Kottarappat N. Dileepan

“…Furthermore, mast cell-derived histamine and proteases accounted for the direct and synergistic effect of mast cells on IL-6 production that was completely blocked by the combination of histamine receptor-1 antagonist and protease inhibitors. Another novel finding is that histamine was able to induce BMP-2 expression in HCAEC. …”
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Ankle Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure as Predictors of Cerebrovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Prospective Follow-Up Study by Heikki J. Hietanen, Rauni Pääkkönen, Veikko Salomaa

“…The results were compared with pulse pressure, another indicator of arterial stiffness. Methods. …”
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Exploring the Definition of Non-Monotonicity – Logical and Psychological Considerations by Piotr Łukowski, Konrad Rudnicki

Subjects: “…non-monotonicity…”
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